motd Monday Dec 12, 2011 - General Hospital

[Guest guest]

AND NOW, THE

CONTINUING STORY OF...

Monday, 12 December 2011

Days of Our Lives? All

My Children? Or, of course, my personal

favorite, General

Hospital!

Ahhh, yes. Today's message is all about soap

operas. You've probably noticed, there're not

nearly as many soaps on TV today as there were years

ago. Back in 1979, daytime TV was filled with soap

operas and that was the year I began appearing on General

Hospital. Many of you may remember that I

played myself on the show.

While I was on GH,

back then, there was a company that scheduled shopping

mall appearances for many of the day's soap opera

stars. When I was approached about making the mall

appearances, I was really excited about the

opportunity and eagerly said yes!

It just sound like so much fun. And boy, was it ever!

I played nearly 300

shopping malls and did my fans fromGeneral

Hospital ever

show up to see me.

Every weekend, I'd pack my bags and head off for

another shopping mall appearance. I did shows from

Eugene, Oregon to Orlando, Florida to, it seems, every

city in between. I played nearly 300 shopping malls

and did my fans from General

Hospital ever

show up to see me. In fact, I still receive e-mails

from people reminding me of my old GH/shopping

mall days! But okay, today I'm talking about soap

operas for a

reason.

See, one of the jokes people used to make about the

soaps is that you could miss watching a whole month of

episodes, come back and really not have missed a

thing! LOL. But the plot lines on those soaps did

move so-o-o-o slowly.

But let me ask you a question. As 2011 winds down,

what's the plot line of the soap opera that some of

your weight-loss efforts have become, huh? Do you

weigh about the same here at the end of 2011 as you

did at the end of 2010? You do?

Oh, my, well...that just won't do! It's time

to end that plot in the story and get serious about

reaching your weight-loss goals. I mean it!

Come on everybody, it's not too early to start

thinking about your New Years' resolutions. Hey, 2012

will begin less than three weeks from today, after

all!

You are the

producer of the "soap opera" that is your life.

And I say it's time to introduce a brand new character

to your soap.

The producer of General Hospital was a good friend of

mine and, believe me, she knew when it was time to

change a plot line. (Hey, why do you think that show

has lasted for so many years?) But here's the bottom

line, you are the

producer of the "soap opera" that is your life.

And I say it's time to introduce a brand new character

to your soap. And...I'm talking about a brand new

you! Seriously,

I want you to start today making a list of the things

you'll do differently in 2011 to make sure the soap

that is your life will run for many, many more years!

And oh yeah, while you're at it, I want you all to

write General

Hospital and

tell them you want me back on the show. That's right,

bombard the show with e-mails and tell them you want

me back. And if I get a call from GH asking me to

come back on, after that phone call, I promise, you'll

all be the first to know!

Love,